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by Myra Garces-Bacsal May 13, 2023 0

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[Saturday Reads] Displacement and the Inevitable Revolt of the Colonized in RF Kuang’s “Babel”

She learned revolution is, in fact, always unimaginable. It shatters the world you know. The future is unwritten, brimming with potential. The colonizers have no idea what is coming, and that makes them panic. It terrifies them.
Good. It should.
– Babel, R. F. Kuang

by Myra Garces-Bacsal May 6, 2023 0

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[Saturday Reads | #DecolonizeReads2023] Decentering Whiteness in Britain in Sam Selvon’s “The Lonely Londoners”

“People in this world don’t know how other people does affect their lives.”
― Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

by Myra Garces-Bacsal April 1, 2023 1

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[Saturday Reads | #DecolonizeReads2023] An African Family Saga in Segu

“He knew already that his mission would bring him back to Lagos. To Christianize and civilize Africa – that was his fate.
To Christianize and civilize Africa. In other words, to pervert it?”
– Maryse Condé, Segu.

by Myra Garces-Bacsal March 30, 2023 0

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[#DecolonizeReading2023] A Nobel Peace Prize Winner’s Cumulative Acts Of Courage

“I guess to a lying government, a journalist is a terrorist, setting off bombs that blow up their lies.”
– Maria Ressa, How To Stand Up To A Dictator.

by Myra Garces-Bacsal March 25, 2023 1

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[Saturday Reads] How To Get Out Of A Reading Slump

“I’m not saying that I didn’t care. I cared a lot. I’m saying that when you really love someone, sometimes the things they need may hurt you, and some people are worth hurting for.”
– Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six